About This Journal

The Tibetan Political Review is an online journal dedicated to advancing constructive discussion of the important political issues facing the Tibetan nation.

Publication of an Article does not imply endorsement or agreement by the Editorial Board.

Editorials are the opinion of the members of the Editorial Board.
Editorials are by their nature opinionated, and are not intended to be
"neutral." The Editors attempt to be fair in their analyses, but they
are expressing their own opinions. The Editors invite responses from
readers, especially if they disagree with an opinion expressed in an Editorial.

The Tibetan Political Review is run by an all-volunteer Editorial Board comprising the following individuals

Tenzin Dickyiis a poet, writer and translator living in New York City. She is also English editor of Tibet Web Digest. She works at the Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation in Chelsea. Formerly she worked at the Office of Tibet as Special Assistant to the Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to the Americas. She received her MFA in Fiction and Literary Translation from Columbia and her BA in English Literature from Harvard. She is a 2014 fellow of the American Literary Translators' Association.

Wangchuk D. Shakabpa was born in Kalimpong, India. He graduated from Seton Hall University with a B.A. in Political Science in 1989 and Georgetown University Law Center with a J.D. in 1992. He is a member of the DC, California, and New Mexico bars. He is currently Senior Trial Attorney with Commodity Futures Trading Commission. He serves on the boards of U.S.-Tibet Committee and Tibet Justice Center, and is a former board member of Students for a Free Tibet (SFT).

Bhuchung D. Sonam is a writer living in Dharamsala, India.

Tenzin Wangyal is a graduate of Northeastern University School of Law in Boston. Before law school, he penned a series of op-ed articles on Phayul.com. He is an alumnus of Middlebury College in Vermont and Tibetan Children's Village School in Dharamsala, India. He is admitted to practice law in New York and Massachusetts, and is the founder of the Law Offices of Tenzin Wangyal, with locations in New York and Massachusetts.